Charles Alvin Beckwith
Innovative U.S. Army officer (1929-1994) · United States · Died at 65
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Something wrong?Charles Alvin Beckwith was a career United States Army Special Forces officer best remembered for creating Delta Force, the premier counterterrorism and asymmetric warfare unit of the United States Army, based on his experience serving with the British Special Air Service.
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Charles Alvin Beckwith was a career United States Army Special Forces officer best remembered for creating Delta Force, the premier counterterrorism and asymmetric warfare unit of the United States Army, based on his experience serving with the British Special Air Service. He served in the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation and the Vietnam War, and attained the rank of colonel before his retirement.
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